Rebbe.  Ich hut gevehn a bissil bizy.  but I usually check in every day even though i AM bizy.  Where else can you get cholint, popcorn, woodford, lemonade, earlobes, bintels, and shita all in one place?

World u left out

Possum cholint

Vangoghs ear

Kickboxing



Old timers special

Sushi

Icecream

Pink gevaldigggggs

someone claimed that there was a hijacking going on here
so i will try to get back on track

let's see.... what in the world is 'zemmy'? never quite figured that out
how about zemiros shabbos? that's easier

need volunteers for shalom aleichim, kol mekadesh, azamer bishvachin, menucha vesimcha, kah echsof (ahhhh, mamesh a mechaya), tzomo nafshi, odeh lakel, az bayom hashvii, yom shabbos kodesh hu, ma yedidus...
just upload your recordings and we can pick the best one to sing at the GYE shabbaton in Yerushalayim

bardichev wrote on 31 Dec 2010 05:46:



iss true.  as was typin i was thinkin how i was leavin out lots of stuff.  but since joining gye i have overcome my perfctionism, and in so doing i don't allow myself to worry so much about the "oy but how could i leave out this and that, what will people think of me".

NPFBs probably wouldn't understand.

Nobody's Perfect
Funny boy

according to the official gye glossary....

NPFB  stands for non-perfectionist from birth.

ZemirosShabbos wrote on 31 Dec 2010 05:52:

You're in Yerushalayim?

world wrote on 31 Dec 2010 06:26:
Funny! So I suppose there's also a BNP - a ba'al non-perfectionism! Which is to say that we've MASTERED the art of non-perfectionism. You know, we're doing it PERFECTly as only a MASTER could do.

I'm so relieved to hear I'm not messing up my assignment.

Good Shabbos to all.

Really were is he?

Eye.nonymous wrote on 31 Dec 2010 08:26:

according to the Baal Shem Tov i commute often between Yerushalayim and Tzfas, with frequent stops in Meron...

(the Baal Shem Tov says that a person is located where his thoughts are)

good shabbos to all the perfect perfectionists and to the perfectly non-perfect non-perfectionists

i am a confectionist

I'm a imperfectionist!

bardichev wrote on 31 Dec 2010 15:18:

well rebbe b, i don't know how to say this but you are doing a perfect job being imperfect...

i was just kidding rebbe b, no need to send Billy throwing possums through my windows

saw two signs recently which seemed to be 'talking' to me.

one said "Stressed? try kickboxing!" and one said "Forget love, try Lust!".

before you throw dead possums at me let me explain what i mean. stress and discontent (among other things) are what drive us to seek out our preferred drug, be it porn or mastubation or whatnot. when those little voices go off in my head saying, "oh, poor me, i did/did not get this or the other thing and i really need it, the wife/boss/friend made a funny-face at me/insulted me, i have too little money/time/kids/cars/houses/ears whatever... why not go for some relaxation and get some much deserved pleasure..."

that is the voice of addiction, the voice of the yetzer hara, whatever you prefer to call it.

trying to sell me a medication that guarantees that i will never finish the prescription, with life-long refills.

lusting will not make me happy, relaxed or feel accomplished. it will destroy my spark of life and turn me into a shell. a spent shell. it will destroy my connection to Hashem, my wife, my kids, my friends and last but not least, to GYE .

so if i feel stressed, i at least am aware of the fact and know that i need to keep safe and not vent by taking poison. some may prefer kickboxing. some may prefer jogging, origami, or making some new cholint recipe.

and the poor misguided soul who put on that bumper sticker promoting lust did us all a service by showing that love and lust are two distinct items. love gives life, rejuvenates, renews, attaches, connects and leaves you feeling 'good'. lust destroys, uses, empties, disconnects and leaves you feeling like a used pizza box.

so if anyone reading this is the guy who had the lust bumper-sticker or the kickboxing ad, here is my official hat-tip, shkoyach!